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Personal info

Full name
STEPHENS, Virgil H
Date of birth
14 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
7041777
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 39

Immediate family

Members
Sherman J. Stephens (father)
Katie L. (Arnett) Stephens (mother)
Hazel Stephens (sister)
Aline Stephens (sister)
John S. Stephens (brother)
Billy H. Stephens (brother)
Mayme R. Stephens (sister)

More information

Virgil Stephens was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Chambers Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Records / Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999

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